“That's enough crying about the problems, let's begin killing the problems.”
― Amit Kalantri
Oh, how I love crying out loud about my problems! But turns out, there are many alike, and likely to cry rather than figure the way out until it gets worse. Consolation for me, more or less. Then again, who suffers? Obviously who rather than me? It’s my problem, so, I know how it feels and it’s me who should take the first step before help comes. But that doesn’t always happen, most of the time I make it worse then put myself together to figure out the solutions.
Fortunately, most of the time it works even at the last hour, and I don’t know what might happen if that last hour becomes too short. I know how far I can go, before that, I wait patiently. But what about others? Do they feel the same or too reluctant to give up crying rather than going for action?
It doesn’t always happen but today I completed my shift at work with two other colleagues. And we did our lunch together, talking about many things in general. Guess what, they were discussing about the job; how they hate some people’s behaviour— resonated with me, so, I joined wholeheartedly. Like finding a water source in the middle of a desert. Spoke my heart out. Now I am feeling relieved.
Not that I found them extremely helpful in sorting out the problem with a quick solution, but knowing that they feel the same makes me assured of my perception towards those people my complaints are about. I’m not biased, that’s the consolation for me.
My colleagues, they are students doing part-time here like me. So, turned out we don’t have much choice going against them or switching to another job all of a sudden— job crisis is still at large for part-timers here. Everyone is trying to stay calm despite the odds until the study ends. But going through this day after day is taking a toll. Not to mention how it feels the hours spent here. Phew!
One good thing about the job is the timing. We get plenty of time the rest of the day to focus on us. As always, talking helps and we talked about how we can utilise the time to prepare ourselves for the upcoming days when our study is completed and we can do what we love or what might love. One of our colleagues is studying engineering management, quite a major to study given the future perspective.
But she cannot figure out where to start, like, looking for an internship might be the best choice. Getting some relevant experience before taking up a big responsibility always comes in handy. She knows that too. But managing it is way more difficult than anticipated.
The cost of living is rising, so, nobody wants to invest in you unless you have something extraordinary to offer; except the gamblers. But working in a non-relevant organisation and thinking about getting a good job after studying isn’t too much of a gambling already?
We’ve been thinking about it a lot. The only way is to step out and see what’s it like to be there. Of course, we need some strategic planning and efficient implementation. But before we get there, there is this fear of failure, fear of challenging ourselves.
At the same time, this is now or never— time is ticking, either we figure it out now or get used to what we go through daily. For me, ranting seems more appropriate for me as I have to figure myself out first before talking about any actionable steps. Till then, cheers!
